2017版高考英语大一轮复习 Unit 5 Canada-“The True North”复习练案 新人教版必修3.doc

Unit 5 Canada-“The True North” Ⅰ.完形填空 (2016·浙江) During the war，my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California.I went to live there in order to be__1.C__ him.I hated the place.I had never__2.A__ been so unhappy.My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty，and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone.The heat was__3.D__—almost 125°F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌)．__4.B__ a soul to talk to.The wind blew non-stop，and all the food I ate，and the very air I breathed，were__5.B__with sand, sand, sand! I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents.I told them I was__6.C__and coming back home.I said I couldnt stand it one minute longer.I__7.C__ be in prison! My father answered my__8.D__ with just two lines—two lines that will always sing in my__9.D__ —two lines that completely changed my life： Two men looked out from prison bars， One saw the mud，the other saw the stars. I read those two lines__10.A__.I was ashamed of myself.I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present__11.C__；I would look for the stars. I made friends with the natives，and their__12.B__ amazed me.They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had__13.A__ to sell to tourists.I studied the delightful forms of the cactus.I watched for the desert sunsets，and__14.B__ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the sands of the desert had been an ocean__15.A__ What brought about this__16.D__change in me? The desert hadnt changed，__17.B__I had.I had changed my__18.A__.And by doing so，I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing__19.D__ of my life.I was excited by this new world that I had discovered.I had looked out of my self-created prison and__20.C__the stars. 文章大意：本文是夹叙夹议文。作者随丈夫去加利福尼亚的沙漠地带，百无聊赖之际，她感觉到了一种令人窒息的绝望。因此，她写信告诉父母，而父亲只回了两行字，这两行字使作者茅塞顿开。原来，世界的美在于自己看待世界的态度，而不是世界本身。 1．A.off　　　　　　　　　　 B．behind C．near　 D．beyond 解析：从上文提到的I went to live there以及下文的I hated the place可知，作者随丈夫搬去了加利福尼亚，故选near，表示“靠近他”，其他都与语意不符。 2．A.before　　　 B．al